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How to enter the stream

What you need to do to become a stream entrant There are certain things you need to do, and attitudes…

October 11, 2014

The anxiety of the long-distance meditator

Jeff Warren, New York Times: “You want to cultivate the crackling intensity of the ninja,” Daniel Ingram told me. Ingram…

December 18, 2012

“A little bit pregnant”

In the Buddha’s day, many people got enlightened quickly. Some people would say this is because the Buddha was such…

August 29, 2012

“Not knowing how near the Truth is, people seek it far away”

Some years ago I noticed an odd thing; a lot of the Buddhists I knew (including myself) didn’t talk much…

June 17, 2012

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell

Metaphors can be traps. We can end up taking them too literally. The point of a metaphor is to help…

January 3, 2012

Want to get enlightened? Here are some tips.

Last night I taught the first night of a class on achieving Insight through meditation. This being the first night…

April 8, 2010